Staff

Haley Sladek Squires

She/Her/Hers

Lead Consultant & Owner

With a decade and a half of experience in libraries and nonprofits, Haley is a knowledgeable, creative, and capable library professional. She combines a friendly, engaging demeanor with a passion for social justice, sustainability, and community education. Her track record of proven results includes:

• Community action research
• Consensus decision making
• Project management
• Program development and implementation
• Conference presentations
• Facilitating trainings
• Operationalizing diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Collection management
• Planning summer reading programs
• Designing professional development and trainings

Outside of library work, Haley has helped found a democratic school, taught at the collegiate level, and operated multiple professional conferences. When Haley isn’t “nerding out” at libraries, she enjoys doing yoga, traveling with her husband, and working in her garden and art studio.

• B.A. in Anthropology, University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
• Double minor in Peace and Conflict Studies and Leadership Studies
• Master’s in Education, Goddard College (Plainfield, VT), Emphasis in Organizational Culture and Development
• Master’s in Library Science, Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)